Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's most senior Roman Catholic cleric, is stepping down as leader of the Scottish Catholic Church after being accused of inappropriate behaviour towards fellow priests in the 1980s.

The Ten Network's Paul Bongiorno joins RN Breakfast from our Parliament House studio to discuss PM Julia Gillard's plan to spend a week in Sydney's west, and the tension between the states and the federal government over the Gonski education reforms.

Education Minister Peter Garrett will soon advise the states how much they'll be expected to contribute to the Gonski education reforms, which the government wants in place by the start of the 2014 school year.

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act, and debate around the effectiveness of the current legislation, and whether or not to roll various federal discrimination acts into one, are the focus of today's Law Report.

Locals are reporting more rock than sand on the Gold Coast, Surfers Paradise beach has turned into a four-metre cliff, and tides of up to two metres, strong winds, rain and a big swell are expected to cut even further into the depleted dunes of many Sunshine Coast beaches over the next few days.